THE NATION DREAMS OF A HAPPY HOME
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| They are different shades of colour and represent different meanings however they remain one |
South Africa belongs to all those who live in it
South Africa “ behlala ekhaya lakho” – their home is your
home. They dream of a continent without boarders that does not separate them into
North, South, West and East Africa. Their brother, sister birthed from another
mother who is also their mother.They say “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” - a person is a person through another person.
Xenophobia is an act of hostility to being different, it is simply black on black racism. It is inhuman and heart-breaking and a destroyer of the spirit of ubuntu. Fellow South Africans take a pledge and say enough is enough, they cannot stand back and ignore this issue.
Social media plays a significant role in xenophobia as individuals can express their views, opinions and experiences or simply share their knowledge on the issue by using different social media networking platforms. Hashtags trend on twitter where people can share their stories and use the hashtag to enusure that it reaches a larger audience. Also, whenever a user adds a hashtag to their post ,it is able to be stored on the social network and thus becomes discoverable as well as searchable to other users which makes it easy for the practice of corporate social media, nevertheless, social media has its advantages and disadvantages.
ADVANTAGES
- It can be used to raise awareness about xenophobia for example, Well wishes and apologies can be sent out on behalf of the nation to the victims of this act.
- #NoToXenophobia, it can get the public involved, anti- xenophobia marches can be organised on social media where people who want to part-take in them can get information and details about the marches.
- Facebook and Instagram pages can be set up , where organisations involved in assisting at the camps for displaced victims of xenophobia can communicate with the public on essentials such as food and toiletries etc which is needed, and they can therefore donate these items or provide banking details where givers can donate money in order to assist these victims.
DISADVANTAGES
- It can be used to promote hate speech against foreigners , for instance they can be cyberbullied.
- foreign investors will be able to see how their people are being treated and potentially withdraw their investments due to these xenophobic attacks and the South African economy will suffer.
- It will scare tourists away from visiting South Africa as they might fear that they will be attacked as well, this will hurt the tourism sector/industry.
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WE ARE ONE
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Let them love one another, support and uplift each other
and stand together as one. Also, their blood is red, and his even hers! They
may have their differences but is not supposed to be a good thing? This is what
makes each individual unique. May they learn from each other, may their African
culture dominate the world, may they inspire others to be like them.
May they know that South Africa is their home away from
home and that they are always welcome. That our people are their people. #NO TO
XENOPHOBIA! Will you stand with them
against this fight? together they can win together through the spirit of
Ubuntu!
It is said that everyone is a foreigner somewhere,people should treat each other equally South Africa belongs to whoever that lives in it, no one should be treated otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed very true hence why we should empathize with them when our people are ill treating them and we should continue to raise awareness around this issue. Thank you for your insight.
DeleteI couldn't agree more,Social media plays a great role when it comes to dealing and raising awareness of issues such as xenophobia, simply because it reaches a large audience and prp's can use that to their advantage to communicate and get their messages across to the public.. as well as promoting their awareness campaigns. I say "notoxenophobia because we're all black and we're all africans so people should not have to live in fear of being attacked for being at a different country because they are not from there. People travel all the time and go overseas and you don't here them coming back crying because they were chased away yet they want to do that to other africans. It's not on.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your insight with us , it is indeed true that we are all foreigners in some way therefore we should not turn a blind eye if we can make a difference.
DeleteI couldn't agree more,Social media plays a great role when it comes to dealing and raising awareness of issues such as xenophobia, simply because it reaches a large audience and prp's can use that to their advantage to communicate and get their messages across to the public.. as well as promoting their awareness campaigns. I say "notoxenophobia because we're all black and we're all africans so people should not have to live in fear of being attacked for being at a different country because they are not from there. People travel all the time and go overseas and you don't here them coming back crying because they were chased away yet they want to do that to other africans. It's not on.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, we are one we need to embrace our differences and live happily in peace, our God created us differently we need to unite, stand together and say No to xenophobia with the use of social media we can promote unity well said big up.
ReplyDeletethank you for your insight, we are indeed one therefore we should embrace our differences and love one another.
DeleteHello your article is really interesting. You wrote a touchy post, were you a victim of xenophobia yourself or do you know someone who was victim of that
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment and compliment, No fortunately I was not however I have seem people experience this therefore I could empathise with the situation.
DeleteSuch an interesting article.Social media does play a huge role in xenophobic attacks and it is very crucial that before one posts something on social he/she must check if its not going to affect someone.l recommend that cyber bullying must be reported
ReplyDeleteThank you for your valid points , I am glad that this blog post got you thinking a bit deep... In most cases the cyber bully is afraid to approach the victim in person because he/she is a coward and probably got bullied as well in some point in their life.
DeleteIts time we erase the mindset of treating people from neighbouring countries as foreigners but as our brothers and sisters because we are one.
ReplyDeleteWell said, as we are all foreigners when we travel to other countries as well.
DeleteI'm impressed by how you actually you told us about the xenophobic attacks and how bad can they affect us
ReplyDeleteThank you for your insight .. In the long run it doesn't only affect the victim but a nation as a whole
DeleteThat is so profound👌.......
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback. ☺
DeleteGreat Article.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more.
#NoToXenophobia
Thank you for your insight... Xenophobia is just wrong on every level.
DeleteCouldn't have said it any better. This is indeed a profound article.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words... #NoToXenophobia😑🙅👎
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